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Do you want to lead one of the most significant development assignments in Swedish education? We are looking for you who is an experienced leader of complex projects and has the ability to operate in changing contexts. In this role, you work towards a new and equitable grading system. Join us and contribute to the future of schools!

About the job

The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) has been tasked with preparing for a new grading system featuring centrally corrected national final exams and a new model for calculating students' merit values. As the Project Manager, you are responsible for leading the work and keeping the various sub-projects together. Your role is central to the success of the assignment regarding a new and equitable grading system.

As Project Manager, you structure the overall work and coordinate different parts of the operations. Crucial to the assignment is close collaboration between IT and the business operations. You ensure progress in a complex development assignment with many dependencies, and conduct qualified analyses of the current situation, needs, and consequences. In this role, you are responsible for ensuring that the project group delivers qualified investigations and analyses as a basis for the Area Manager's or the Agency Management's decisions. You identify development needs, prioritize efforts, and drive improvement work with a focus on efficiency, quality, and business value.

You collaborate closely with various functions within the agency and report to the assignment's steering group. There are several Deputy Project Managers in the project leadership who are important partners. Together, you lead the sub-project managers and ensure that the grading assignment is held together and developed in the right direction. The grading reform affects the entire agency, meaning you will have an important role in the cross-agency collaboration. Your role also includes representing Skolverket externally in the media.

Organizationally, you belong to the Examination and Assessment Area within the Curriculum Department. You are part of the area's management group, and the Area Manager is your direct supervisor. The Examination and Assessment Area is responsible for reforms concerning the grading system, exams, tests, and other mandatory materials. Central correction and exam services related to digital exams are also included in the area's responsibilities.

"As Project Manager, you are a key person in this socially important assignment that affects the future education system. Your good leadership and ability to find solutions to problems will contribute to making students' merit values more fair and equitable."

Jessica Jarhall, Area Manager

You can read more about the assignment here: Preparations for the introduction of a new grading system (#).

You work in our modern and spacious office at Solna Business Park. You may also have the opportunity to work up to 50 percent remotely.

About you

To do a good job and thrive with us, you must stand for and live up to the public sector's values and our core values for employeeship: role model, trust, responsibility, collaboration, and development. Read more at www.skolverket.se/jobb (https://www.skolverket.se/jobb).

In this job, you must have

• An academic degree in political science, law, urban planning, economics, or pedagogy, or another direction we deem relevant.
• Current multi-year experience leading complex projects with many stakeholders and connections to IT development, governance, management, and/or policy development.
• Experience in developing and anchoring strategies, project plans, and governing documents.
• Multi-year experience in strategic change work.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish and English.

It is meritorious if you have good knowledge of the school's steering documents and have a good understanding of public administration, such as regulations, budget processes, and political decision-making paths. It is also meritorious if you have managerial experience, including operational, budget, and personnel responsibility.

As a person, you need to

• Have the ability to be flexible in complex and changing contexts and be able to rethink and innovate while maintaining direction.
• Be stress-resistant and able to handle a high work pace.
• Be structured and have the ability to plan and organize complex projects.
• Be results-oriented with a strong ability to solve problems.
• Be relationship-building and receptive with good diplomatic skills.
• Have the ability to adapt messages to different target groups.
• Have good analytical skills.

Important to know

The last day for applications is August 4. The position is permanent and begins with a six-month probationary period.

Questions about the recruitment process can be answered by HR Specialist Marie Eriksson July 1–3.

Questions about the position can be answered by Area Manager Jessica Jarhall August 3–4.

When you register your application, you will answer a few questions instead of attaching a personal letter. Please review the application form and prepare your answers before applying.

The Swedish National Agency for Education works to ensure that all children and students receive a good and equitable education in a safe environment. We support Swedish preschools, schools, and adult education (komvux) in various ways. As an employee at Skolverket, you contribute to creating good conditions for children's and students' development and learning. Get to know us better by visiting our website www.skolverket.se/jobb. Our mission – the future of schools.